Before (end of 1986) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
Conservative 25 · Other 11 · Labour 4 · SDP-Liberal Alliance 3
After (end of 1987) (43 seats, Elections Centre)
SDP-Liberal Alliance 19 · Conservative 18 · Other 4 · Labour 2
Ward results
Ashwick1 seat · turnout 45.0%
| P. Crossman | Independent | 477 |
| A. Stallybrass | Labour | 91 |
Avalon1 seat · turnout 63.0%
| I. Macdonald | Conservative | 730 |
| D. Poulton | Lib/Sdp | 454 |
| W. Madden | Labour | 48 |
Beacon1 seat · turnout 56.0%
| G. Cawood | Lib/Sdp | 550 ✓ |
| P. Corbett | Conservative | 242 |
| E Hewer | Labour | 51 |
| R Snook | Independent | 24 |
Beckington and Rode1 seat · turnout 57.0%
| D. Brunt | Conservative | 621 |
| D. Wicks | Lib/Sdp | 386 |
Chilcompton & Ston Easton1 seat · turnout 50.0%
| J. Mattick | Independent | 512 |
| G. Pickford | Lib/Sdp | 411 |
East1 seat · turnout 47.9%
| A. Cox | Conservative | 1,308 |
| I. Gascoine | Lib/Sdp | 1,285 |
| G. Meadows | Labour | 318 |
Ebbor1 seat · turnout 49.0%
| R. Collins | Conservative | 316 |
| W. Johnson | Lib/Sdp | 288 |
| H. Cann | Labour | 35 |
Frome Badcox2 seats · turnout 34.0%
| A. Garland | Lib/Sdp | 878 |
| A. Hillman | Lib/Sdp | 782 |
| K. Secker | Conservative | 722 |
| J. Hart | Conservative | 695 |
| R White | Labour | 381 |
Frome Fromefield3 seats · turnout 25.5%
| E. Pearson | Lib/Sdp | 1,257 |
| R. Ives | Lib/Sdp | 1,189 |
| W. Whish | Lib/Sdp | 1,075 |
| P. Honeybourne | Conservative | 1,040 |
| M. Toop | Conservative | 917 |
| P. Weeks | Independent | 697 |
| F. Whittall | Labour | 305 |
Frome Keyford2 seats · turnout 30.2%
| J. Mackereth | Lib/Sdp | 605 |
| M. Pelly | Lib/Sdp | 552 |
| I. Tully | Conservative | 442 |
| D. Toop | Conservative | 411 |
| J. Pell | Labour | 278 |
Frome Welshmill2 seats
| J. Pollock | Lib/Sdp | 628 ✓ |
| R. Davies | Conservative | 615 ✓ |
| J. Worringham | Lib/Sdp | 587 |
| J. Higginbottom | Conservative | 559 |
| K. Baber | Labour | 226 |
| J. Young | Labour | 218 |
| J. Eames | Independent | 193 |
| J. Parsons | Independent | 66 |
Glastonbury St Edmund's1 seat
| S. Morland | Lib/Sdp | 416 |
| M. Leonard | Conservative | 285 |
Glastonbury St. Benedicts1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| A. Willis | Lib/Sdp | 260 |
| H. Barker | Conservative | 221 |
| M. Bursey | Labour | 79 |
Glastonbury St. Johns1 seat · turnout 58.0%
| M. Free | Conservative | 329 |
| J. Keery | Lib/Sdp | 305 |
| A. Butt | Labour | 84 |
Glastonbury St. Mary1 seat · turnout 54.0%
| E. Jackson-Stevens | Conservative | 595 |
| A. Sansam | Lib/Sdp | 299 |
| G. Ashe | Labour | 139 |
Mells1 seat · turnout 52.0%
| R. Hewett | Independent | 596 |
| J. Plackett | Lib/Sdp | 231 |
| G. Elwes | Labour | 142 |
Postlebury1 seat · turnout 48.0%
| J. Salmon | Conservative | 286 ✓ |
| G. Stevens | Independent | 208 |
| A. Maslen | Lib/Sdp | 156 |
| R Bonham | Independent | 127 |
Pylcombe1 seat · turnout 63.0%
| R. Gould | Conservative | 474 |
| R. Appleby | Lib/Sdp | 364 |
| K Hurrell | Labour | 65 |
Rodney1 seat · turnout 58.0%
| P. Holloway | Conservative | 506 |
| R. Stevenson | Lib/Sdp | 383 |
Sheppey1 seat · turnout 56.0%
| S. Harrison | Lib/Sdp | 500 |
| E. Hanwell | Conservative | 482 |
Shepton Mallet3 seats · turnout 35.3%
| C. Lockey | Lib/Sdp | 1,010 |
| J. Gilham | Labour | 933 |
| A. Connock | Lib/Sdp | 806 |
| M. Holland | Conservative | 748 |
| R. Houston | Conservative | 740 |
| J. Quantock | Conservative | 680 |
| C. Denning | Labour | 656 |
| M. Cann | Labour | 620 |
| R. Kerslake | Lib/Sdp | 599 |
Street North2 seats · turnout 34.0%
| W. Scriven | Lib/Sdp | 761 |
| R Clarke | Independent | 752 |
| H. Davies | Conservative | 452 |
| M. Solomons | Labour | 283 |
Street South2 seats · turnout 25.1%
| O. Pippard | Lib/Sdp | 905 |
| A. Yerbury | Lib/Sdp | 797 |
| J. Webster | Conservative | 652 |
| F. Bloodworth | Labour | 288 |
Wells Central1 seat · turnout 52.0%
| J. Howett | Lib/Sdp | 437 |
| B. Hobson | Conservative | 333 |
| P. Snook | Independent | 87 |
Wells St Thomas'2 seats · turnout 49.5%
| E. Wright | Conservative | 853 |
| R. Martin | Conservative | 824 |
| N. Kennedy | Lib/Sdp | 725 |
| A. Hague | Lib/Sdp | 689 |
| K. Crouch | Labour | 172 |
| Harris K. | Independent | 66 |
Wells St. Cuthberts2 seats · turnout 35.5%
| S. Fowler | Conservative | 737 |
| Siggs H. | Conservative | 587 |
| R. Martin | Lib/Sdp | 533 |
| S. Pierce | Lib/Sdp | 515 |
| Judith Gibson | Labour | 330 |
| G. Livings | Independent | 302 |
